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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the visitor to the villa tell the Main Character that the Rat is located?
(a) In the garage.
(b) At the Dolphin Hotel.
(c) He says the Rat is dead.
(d) He says he does not know.

2. Why does the Sheep Man tell the Main Character that he fled to the mountains?
(a) For love.
(b) To follow the Sheep.
(c) To avoid the war.
(d) He worked for the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture.

3. Whom does the Main Character discover at the unlucky bend in the road?
(a) The Girlfriend.
(b) The Sheep Man.
(c) The Strange Man.
(d) The Sheep.

4. What does the caretaker at the ranch tell the Main Character that he must do to the sheep on the day of his visit?
(a) Disinfect them.
(b) Brand them.
(c) Read to them.
(d) Shear them.

5. On what basis do the Girlfriend and the Main Character select a hotel to stay in?
(a) The ad in the phone book.
(b) Its name.
(c) A recommendation from a local.
(d) Its proximity to their location.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Main Character discover is originally from Hokkaido?

2. What strategy do the Girlfriend and the Main Character come up with for hunting the sheep?

3. What does the Main Character discover when he wakes up in Chapter 33?

4. Who arrives at the villa and tells the Main Character that he has behaved selfishly?

5. Whom does the Main Character get to agree to pickup himself and the Girlfriend at 8:00 the next morning in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the Limo Driver an intelligent man?

2. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

3. Do the Girlfriend's ears help the quest while staying at the Dolphin Hotel?

4. Why does the Main Character feel that he is being used as a pawn?

5. How are the sheep at the sheep farm similar to the people that the Sheep is trying to control?

6. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

7. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?

8. Was the Main Character a good choice for the Strange Man's sheep finding mission?

9. Aside from her powerful ears, is the Girlfriend a help or a hindrance to the Main Character?

10. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.

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